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05/31/2016
The Case for Podcasts in Your Marketing MixIt is a crowded content space out there. Attention spans are limited and people are busy. So, consider this: Podcasting is the only form of content that can be consumed while an individual is doing other activities. Yet they remain underutilized in higher education. Written content, videos and images all have their place and should be strategically deployed, but they do not afford the same flexibility as podcasts, which can be listened to while doing housework, driving or exercising.

Edison Research, which monitors podcast adoption, has found that 21% of Americans 12 and older have listened to a podcast in the last month.

05/29/2016
Podcasting: A Users Guide To DiscoveryAs podcasting has grown, more and more of the media companies that formerly produced either radio or television are adding podcasts to their media offerings. One way to find them is using one of the podcatcher apps I have listed above. The other alternative is to download an app that gathers together podcasts from a media company you are interested in.

It was, people predicted, going to be the next big thing in television. TV makers such as Sony, LG and Samsung ramped up production of 3D TVs. Networks like ESPN and Discovery announced plans for 3D broadcasts. Analysts forecast huge demand for the medium.

05/25/2016
How Podcasting Got BetterThe first-ever podcast hit the internet in 2003. Radio Open Source, a show about global politics (and ideas through an American lens) hosted by WBUR Bostons Christopher Lydon, is still going strong.

05/23/2016
Why You Are Only Competing With 20% Of Other Podcasters On iTunesToday I want to cover the 80/20 rule which was aptly named the Pareto principal. This video was inspired my good friend Max Pepe from Rebelhead Entrepreneurs who covered the topic for entrepreneurs on his video log recently but I want to talk about the 80/20 rule in terms of podcasting.

So if you take a look at iTunes or Stitcher Radio or any of the other big podcast directories out there you might see hundreds of thousands of podcasts already out there, perhaps lots of podcast on the topic that you are already thinking about covering.

05/13/2016
2016: the year the podcast came of ageThe choice of medium was significant. Podcasts, series of digital audio files that users can download or stream from MP3 players and computers, were first created in 2001. This was also the year that Apple launched the iPod, the device from which podcasting takes its name. Although it is now, in tech terms, a doughty 15 years old, it has developed only fitfully.

05/11/2016
Telling Stories in SoundMedia consumption habits have changed dramatically over the past decade and it’s no surprise that podcasts are now taking center stage as more people look for more ways to access news, information and entertainment.

We have a new infatuation with audio podcasts and rightly so. Streaming audio has become easier to access, is readily available on mobile devices, and is now more personalized than ever before.

05/03/2016
Podcast Audio Recording TipsBefore you begin podcasting develop a plan and a format for your show. Determine the focus of your podcast and what types of guests you would like to interview. Time spent planning your show will contribute to its success.